here is a link to a few hundred other letters that bear witness to the "blood of the martyrs". those who "catholicism" and then "christians" murdered because of their Living Faith....... http://homecomers.org/mirror/index-old.htm i had read "martyrs mirror" many a time in years gone by. please read the letters only and not the doctrinal stuff and historical data in the first half of the book. also, remember the translation, the book was written in dutch, the translation was done by those who would call themselves "christians"....... i believe the only reason that "catholicism" and "christianity" allowed this book to be distributed was because they believed that the only thing the book would do was instill fear in people, and that the book would offer support to many of their damnable doctrines and commandments given of men and not of "Our Father" '-(((((( yet, Faith wins the victory in spite of mankind's attempts to crucify The Truth! for me, the testimonies of Faith in the second part of "martyr's mirror" helped to further ground any Faith that i have been given, in the solid ground that is experience, be it the experiences i have received, or experiences of The Faithful who have been taken Home, for they Live! ;-))))))) the first part of the book is but doctrinal, legal type jargon that is grounded in the sinking sand that is theo'ry'logy '-(((((( and please, try to get past any theo'ry'logy that might appear in the letters and partake only of The Faith! yes, there were martyr's who expressed what seems to be heretical "catholic" doctrine, however, their hearts were pure and as The Messiah their temporal life bore witness to The Life, not death, for they did not believe in death....... hope is that you would receive that Life Faith testified too and which then was made pure, when those who believed in death caused the temporal life blood of the martyrs to be spilled upon the ground! and those who followed The Messiah in this temporal "shadow of life" will experience The Life with Him and Their Father and The Faithful, Forever! and it's not that all who followed The Messiah will be martyred in the shedding of their blood, but that all who followed Him believed in The Life, not death....... and today, "catholicism" and her harlot "christian" daughters? they attack and seek to destroy the Spirit within mankind '-( they seek to instill a worldly, religious consciousness that will destroy any Creator consciousness '-(((((( "braindirtyed" to the utmost, most follow the broadway that leads to destruction, both now and forever '-(((((( and The Creator has promised that "HE will destroy those who destroy the earth"(HIS Creation, the earth and air, HIS Spirit) ****the following is what i believe, not a required doctrinal statement written in stone for heard hearted and stiffnecked peoples**** "The Creator GOD created man in HIS image, in the image of HIMSELF created HE man(singular), male and female created HE them". indeed "The Creator GOD is Father of ALL" and our mother? she who brings forth temporal life and who nurtures and provides for us as a mother who cares for her children would? she is the earth and so it is that "The Creator, HE will destroy those who destroy their mother"....... ****the end of that which many will declare to be "biblespeak" '-(((((( seems today there are more living "The Way to The Truth of The Life" and not knowing it, then there are of those who believe they are, yet are not..."they say and do not" ;-(((((( "a simple and spiritual life is the only life that will survive"....... (a quote from the hopi indian people's "declaration of peace") which is perfect harmony with The Teachings and The Life example of The One called The Messiah....... peace, even as war(spiritual and carnal) rages....... francis
A fine line is there... it's scary to think that there are so many followers to a religion that finds the need to scare their followers into a way of thinking - either instill an incredible amount of fear or of guilt in them.
first let me state that because of pagan "christianity" "the way of Truth is evil spoken of" for "christians" follow the legacy of the "say, and do not" pharisee's.......period....... and they were the only ones that The Messiah had harsh words for...... "some save with compassion, and others with fear"....... and the martyr's were at war against pharisitical "catholicism" so most of that which you say would cause "fear" was directed against them, the ones who had put them in prison and soon would martyr them....... compassion will only do it's work with those who yet know compassion....... and fear? there are many who have denied compassion because of their "fears"....... a believer in The Truth will not be afraid.......period....... oh, there might be uncertainty or queaziness at times, yet "Our Father has not given HIS Children the spirit of fear, but HE has given them the spirit of love, power, and a sound mind"....... "perfect love casts out all fear".......period....... sad thing is, most just say they believe, yet in times of tribulation they have not The Faith to overcome fleshly "fears" ;-(((((( and "the god of this world", he who is "the father of lies", he who is lord over all evil spirit's? his servants are subject unto him because "of their fear of death".......period....... The Messiah testified, "whoever lives and believes in Me, shall never die"! and then The Messiah questioned, "do you believe this"? do you ?? and those who were in the prisons were at war against pagan "catholicism", just as i am, and their only weapon was The Truth! thing is "catholicism" and then "christianity", when they knew they were losing the spiritual war then began to attack with carnal weapons that would destroy the fleshly bodies of their enemies. yet Truth was that the more they martyred, the more that came to The Faith because of The Faith of the martyr's....... then in the 17th century "christianity" began printing her "jesus" "bible" and they then began to attack the "spirit" within man with the "strong delusion" that teaches this, "read the words in a book//memorize the words//test your memory//hooray you passed the test//now you know "it"(what, that, where, when, how,why,,etc,,)....... thing is you nothing till you have experienced "it",,,,,,,etc,,,,,,, oh, you may know of "it",,,,,,,etc,,,,,,, but until you have experienced "it",,,,,,,etc,,,,,,, you don't know "it",,,,,,,etc,,,,,,,.......period....... such "religious education(braindirtying)" was so successfull that is was then cloned and in the 19th century, "the clone", which is the secular "public" eduational "braindirtying" processes, began in earnest;-((((((( and the destruction of Creation and creatures everywhere, in all countries, and in every corner of the globe, is the result of such educational "braindirtying" processes ;-(((((( and simplicity? who has embraced simplicity? simply the name "jesus" was spoken by no one for more than one thousand years after The Messiah was raised from among the dead.......and He died for me, indeed.......thankfully....... and those "pharisee's" who many say The Messiah hated because He spoke "harshly" to them? Truth can be harsh indeed, yet to lie to someone can kill the spirit within....... and those "pharisee's" who were responsible for the cucifixtion of The Messiah? Love spoke on the cross, "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do".......period....... were there any who received such forgiveness? have you? peace, even as war(spiritual and carnal) rages....... francis